Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy Project

In clinical psychology, systematic desensitization technique is the most effective method for the treatment of specific phobias and social anxiety. This method includes creating a fear hierarchy and then exposing clients to different levels of fearful situations either by imagining or getting in touch with real life situations. Hereby...

2017

Short-Term Effects of VR Exposure on Motor Performance

Team members Tugce Akkoc and Lance Powell are studying the physical and cognitive effects of short-term exposure to virtual reality. Though VR is not a new technology, it still isn’t entirely understood at a psychological level. The VR market is growing exponentially and a complete study of its effects...

2017

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What is real? How do you define ‘real’? If you’re talking about what you can feel, what you can smell, what you can taste and see, then ‘real’ is simply electrical signals interpreted by your brain. This is the world that you know.’ Morpheus, Matrix (1999)

2017

VitiVR

“VitiVR” is a VR training simulation being developed by Vinistanbul in collaboration with VR First BAU and BUG Lab for viticulture, enology and agriculture education. VitiVR will support the transfer of theory into practice, and let the users live the experience by using gamification method in a virtua l...

2017

Up on the Stage

Up on the Stage provides the experience of becoming a rockstar by playing drums while learning drumming in VR. Being on stage and play with certain challenges, it brings a unique experience while learning and playing.